Location: Zona Sul (South Zone)
Top Things to do in Zona Sul (South Zone)
10 Points of Interest & Landmarks in Zona Sul (South Zone) That You Shouldn't Miss
With its plentiful beaches, dramatic mountains, and backdrop of samba and bossa nova rhythms, it's easy to fall in love with Rio de Janeiro. Made famous in song, Ipanema Beach is still the place to stroll, sunbathe, and be seen. The largest Art Deco statue in the world, Christ the Redeemer, beckons visitors to Corcovado Mountain. Rio’s annual Carnaval celebrations are bacchanalian extravaganzas of feasting, music, dance, and costumed revelry.
Restaurants in Rio de Janeiro
1. Mural Babilonia
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 56 reviews
Mural Babilonia is a mosaic art. In the first phase, constructed between January and June 2014 it covered approximately 140 square meters of previously grey public contention wall that was built by Prefeitura of Rio de Janeiro to protect the nearby Babilonia and Chapeu Mangueira communities from landsliding. It is located in Babilonia, Leme, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was designed and made by plastic artists from Czech republic X-DOG and PLEBE, with help of dozens of volunteers from around the world.
2. Rampa Pedra Bonita
3. Reservatorio do Morro do Ingles
4. Centro Cultural Municipal Parque das Ruinas
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4.5 based on 1,260 reviews
Reviewed By FoodiEbeLovesTravel - London, United Kingdom
The old house felt like a living storybook, the interior designs are a great mix of old tasteful bricks & glasshouse & greens, love it! You cant miss it if you are at Santa Teresa!
5. Corcovado - Christ the Redeemer
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4.5 based on 64,954 reviews
In the top of the City is installed Christ the redeemer the most wanted touristic sides of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro. Biggest and most famous scripture Art Deco of the world, the Christ statue started to be planned in 1921 and it was developed by the engineer Heitor da Silva Costa over 6 years of job, from 1925 to 1931, the opening year of the monument. Located at Parque Nacional da Tijuca, 710 meter above the sea level, where anybody can appreciate one of the most beautiful views of the city. Over all 220 steps that lead to the famous statue feet, it was elected one of the Seven Wonders of the World made by formal voting in 2007 by the Swiss Institution New 7 Wonders Foundation. The monument is accessible by train, van or car. To get into the monument, there’s a nice ride by train that, during 20 minutes, it crosses Mata Atlantica until Corcovado’s top. The internet connection up there is good fre wi-fi and is a very safe place and LGBT friendly.
Reviewed By travelfoxYork
Don’t care wether the weathers good or bad you can’t come to Rio and not do this excursion- usually part of a multi experience ie Sugar Loaf - to stand there and see this magnificent sculpture with absolutely stunning views is breathtaking You can visit the small chapel at the bottom or just take in the views - selfies are obligatory mind-
6. Basilica Imaculada Conceicao
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4.5 based on 45 reviews
Reviewed By PombaFeliz10 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Live in Botafogo and Love my Neighborhood but had never entered Basilica Imaculada Conceicao!! Usually went to Masses at Copacabana but decided to go to this Gothic Church, that had No idea it was such a different Gothic style one, bright and colourfull inside. Thanks God arrived there earlier and could appreciate that Wonderfull piece of Religious Art ! & The Masses are also very Good and Inspiring!
7. Morro da Urca
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4.5 based on 9,286 reviews
This is the first hill up on the way to Rio's famous Sugar Loaf. It offers it's own marvelous view from the top (215 meters) but its base is also a good place for hiking.
Reviewed By TSARBERGO - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
God, what a beautiful place !!! There could be no other expression to say what we feel when we visit Morro da Urca, located in the Marvelous City of Rio de Janeiro. You know that URCA means - Urbanization Carioca. This has to do with the Engineering and Earthmoving and Urbanization Company that at the time carried out with the residues of the Morro do Castelo deforestation, in which much of that removed soil was taken and placed there surrounding the sugar loaf and Morro daurca. It really is very beautiful, different and one of the most complementary views of the Sugar Loaf. (In time: it is called Pão de Sçucar because in the years of colonization, the sugar was dark - not refined - and it was packed in containers that when uninformed, let him with that same drawing of the Urca Stone. an enormous and huge basalt located at the entrance of the Guanabara Bay, an impressive natural view that exists in Rio de Janeiro and is recognized anywhere in the world.It draws attention to the details and intelligence of the engineering work that demonstrates how much human ingenuity can perform It is one of the most beautiful postcards in the world and I am sure you will remember this testimony when you visit it.Go, visit, photograph, walk, breathe and feel the unique landscape of this place.And from above, shout out loud: Long live Mother Nature !!!
8. Escadaria Selaron
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4.5 based on 9,590 reviews
Reviewed By nikme44 - Denver, United States
This is a must see in Rio. Colorful tiles along with a colorful, yet sad, story of the artist Selaron.
9. Casa das Canoas
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4.5 based on 33 reviews
Projetada por Niemeyer em 1951 para sua moradia, é considerada um dos mais significativos exemplares da arquitetura moderna brasileira, sendo notoriamente reconhecida, por especialistas de história e crítica da arte, como síntese apurada e premonitória da arquitetura moderna, de livre criação autoral que floresceu na Europa e nas Américas. Residence designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1952 for his dwelling. The house, owned by the family of the architect, is gently released for public viewing by its historical and achitectural interest.
